The Heroine's Bookshelf
Life Lessons, From Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 19, 2010
A testament to inspirational women throughout literature, Erin Blakemore’s exploration of classic heroines and their equally admirable authors shows today’s women how to best tap into their inner strengths and live life with intelligence, grace, vitality and aplomb.
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- Who it’s for
- A thoughtful, giftable shelf of essays that pairs literary company with practical reflection.
- Genres
- Women Authors Criticism, Feminist Lit Crit, Books & Reading
- Published
- HarperCollins, October 19, 2010
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A testament to inspirational women throughout literature, Erin Blakemore’s exploration of classic heroines and their equally admirable authors shows today’s women how to best tap into their inner strengths and live life with intelligence, grace, vitality and aplomb.
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This collection of unforgettable characters—including Anne Shirley, Jo March, Scarlett O’Hara, and Jane Eyre—and outstanding authors—like Jane Austen, Harper Lee, and Laura Ingalls Wilder—is an impassioned look at literature’s most compelling heroines, both on the page and off. Readers who found inspiration in books by Toni Morrison, Maud Hart Lovelace, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Alice Walker, or who were moved by literary-themed memoirs like Shelf Discovery and Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume, get ready to return to the well of women’s classic literature with The Heroine's Bookshelf.
Why It Sticks
A thoughtful, giftable shelf of essays that pairs literary company with practical reflection.
Come here for
- classic-writer company
- book-club conversation starters
Expect
- layered but readable
- warm, serious tone
Where it sits
| Books & Reading | 50% |
|---|---|
| Feminist Lit Crit | 36% |
| Women Authors Criticism | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Feminist Fiction
- American Lit Crit
- Women Authors Criticism
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- Women in Literature
- Authors
- Erin Blakemore
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 19, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- The Classics